xAI's Colorado Lawsuit Puts AI Discrimination Law in Federal Court

When xAI filed its federal complaint in Denver, it named Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser as the defendant and raised six constitutional claims. The core argument — that Colorado's law compels AI developers to align their systems with the state's views on racial justice — positions algorithmic anti-discrimination requirements as a First Amendment problem rather than a civil rights solution. That framing was predictable. What was not predictable was how quickly it became official federal policy.